Episode

Opening up about our biggest insecurity: balding!

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Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE
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May 27, 2026
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Summary

On today's episode, we get into our biggest insecurity... going bald! We discuss the differences between male and female hair loss, Greg’s hair loss journey from topical treatments to snarky remarks, and we ask the question… are bald men hot? To leave us a message on hair loss, topics you would like to know about or anything Sidenote by asapSCIENCE, please visit https://www.asapscience.com/chat For more Sidenote Podcast episodes, check out http://sidenotepodcast.com/ Episode Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-022-01201-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01490-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1 https://www.nature.com/nature-index/topics/l4/androgenetic-alopecia-management-strategies https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05973-0 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32645251/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0162309595001301?via%3Dihub https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7037739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969294/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41762869/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c01780 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9298335/#jocd14537-bib-0067 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9298335/#jocd14537-bib-0066 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9298335/#jocd14537-bib-0049 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9298335/#jocd14537-bib-0026 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9298335/#jocd14537-bib-0025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.